Essays about: "gender based crimes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words gender based crimes.

1. 1. STEREOTYPICAL OR NON-STEREOTYPICAL? : WHICH HATE CRIMES ARE EASIER TO CATEGORIZE?

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Maria Blem; Stephanie Kruuse av Verchou; [2023]
   Keywords : Expressions of hate motive; hate crimes; majority-on-minority cases; minority-on-minority cases; police reports; stereotyping; Hatbrott; majoritet-på-minoritet fall; minoritet-på-minoritet fall; stereotyper; uttryck av hatmotiv;

   Abstract : Hate crime is an umbrella concept where the motive is to violate an individual or group based on their ethnicity, skin color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. This study examined police reports from the year 2018, marked as hate crimes. READ MORE

3. 2. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
   Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

   Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

4. 3. What is an Attack? : A Study on the Necessary Prerequisite in Crimes Against Humanity

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Nathalie Ottosson; [2022]
   Keywords : Public International Law; International Criminal Law; Crimes Against Humanity; Attack; Gender Perspective;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to determine the meaning of the necessary prerequisite attack in the international core crime crimes against humanity. Based on this, the thesis also aims to determine how a Swedish court should interpret the necessary prerequisite attack. READ MORE

5. 4. The portrayal of femicides in Greek newspapers : A content analysis in a selection of Greek newspapers.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Athanasia Giagkoudi; [2022]
   Keywords : Femicide; Greek newspapers; Gendered-based violence; content analysis; gender inequality; patriarchy; Greece; femicide articles;

   Abstract : The present study is examining the representation of femicides in a selection of Greek newspapers. The aim of the study is to examine how victims of femicide and their perpetrators are being represented in the selected newspapers, which cases are receiving more attention and if the understanding of femicide as a term and a phenomenon has changed the last two decades. READ MORE

6. 5. Naming Injustice, Reimagining Justice: How Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence in Portugal Perceive Criminal Justice and its Alternatives

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Juliana Rafaela Martins Vasconcelos Senra; [2021]
   Keywords : Sexual Violence; Restorative Justice; Criminal Justice; Gender-based Violence; Access to Justice; Bourdieu; Portugal.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the sexual violence justice gap in Portugal descriptively by questioning how victim-survivors of these crimes experience and/or perceive criminal justice, including those that have resorted to formal law and those that haven’t Normatively, it reflects on the justice needs of victim-survivors of sexual violence and connects these needs to the restorative justice movement - an umbrella term for non-carceral responses to sexual violence, including inputs from feminism, abolitionism and social harm theory. It thus aims to explore innovative survivor-centered justice models and draft policy recommendations specific to the Portuguese context. READ MORE